Ardupilot Ground Station 2.6.4 A&B New Look

Hi All,Been hanging around here for quite a while now and gleaning as much information as i can, maybe its time to give something back.One of the biggest problems we found was that when in the field, its hard to get all the information where you need it, re-sizing all the windows, if you touch the pad, you can lose the window you want, always the GS, hard to find the pointer to bring it back, when you have one eye on the aircraft one eye on this...So this is my attempt..I hope its usefull to you.Please give feedback as to you thoughts and any improvements.GROUND STATION 2.6.4 UPDATE::1024x768 GCS for smaller LaptopsTrue speed indicator updated for greater accuracyYou can set True speed to MPH/KMH (defaults to KMH) & Altitude to Meters/feet (default Meters)Tme Left estimator, a better accuracy with a new gauge. (you need to set Amps FT to what your aircraft draw flat out)Amps / Watts added (again needs to be set up bottom left with your cell count and Mah)Complete colour re-design for ease of view outside, on a sunned out dull laptop.THINGS TO DO:Fix the irritation, when you click the FIND UAV button so that it auto pops to the position, at the mo you have to double click the position in GE then the GS rotates to where it needs to be. STILL NOT FIXEDFlight trackin. STILL NOT FIXEDSorting some innacuracies with Time estimator. BETTERAP Mode being added on 265Enjoy.Try MY Version GE and DONT update it!!!!! this might solve the GE window fro a couple of you guys....I know that GE changes the Callin API about as often as they change underware........so has been a problem fro all integrators...however as i said before in NOT a programmer, 30 years as an aerodynamcist aircraft designer, and 4 years as a military field asset, so please forgive my crude programming.Thanks to the 'Crashing Dutchman' for updating the look and feel.GCS264a Source.zipGCS264a.zip 1024/768 resolutionGCS264b not uploaded yetGoogleEarthWin.exeLV 8.5 or 8.5.1 works available by google search or just in the last line of top of this page : Runtime or8.5 is Here (thanks Morli)Doc.
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  • It looks great. I don't have LabView, so I wonder how you did the dials?
  • LOL......knew you would get there!.....
  • Doh! I get it now! This parses the ArduPilot output strings not the raw GPS data! DOH!
  • I must be missing something. I've installed the Labview Runtime, I've installed the NI-VISA. I can select the COM port my GPS is on and the needles never move... what do I need to do other than select the baud rate and COM port?
  • Happy.....it works with everything.......well as far as i can tell... i have em406, locosy LS20031 and a uBlox...not seen a problem
  • Does this work with NMEA or just uBlox?
  • Nice one....thanks, its midnight here so time for bed me thinks...will carry on tomorrow with this.
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    LV 2009 is here minimum ver 36 Mb.
    LV 2009 standard ver is here (LVRTE90std.exe (164 Mb) ) :(
  • LOL...amen.......buggered about with vista for a year, then went to 7, m yword...what a change...looks like vista , but it actually WORKS!!!!
    To be honest, XP or 7 vista was an experiment on the populus, and we paid the price for their learning!
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    and Vista should have been called Wasta :)
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